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big fight between harry reid and senator dianne feinstein. he says there won't be a vote on the assault weapon's ban, she is accusing him of breaking his word. and on the republican side reince priebus is in a spat with former republican chair michael steele. yesterday michael steele went on the radio show for andrea tontarose who is a contributor to fox news. >> michael steele who would win in a steel cage match, you or reince priebus? >> oh, no question i would clean his clock. >> what would you use the sleeper hold or -- >> just -- just one knock on the head. it's done it's over. >> no pile driver needed? >> no that's just way too much energy for this. >> bill: so then she asked him about reince priebus, saying well, michael steele made a lot of mistakes. he was a terrible chair -- i'm paraphrasing here of course. he accused him of running the party into too much debt and basically bankrupting the party, and not doing anything about a 50-state strategy, which reince priebus said he invented. >> i was laughing at some of these numb nuts say
big fight between harry reid and senator dianne feinstein. he says there won't be a vote on the assault weapon's ban, she is accusing him of breaking his word. and on the republican side reince priebus is in a spat with former republican chair michael steele. yesterday michael steele went on the radio show for andrea tontarose who is a contributor to fox news. >> michael steele who would win in a steel cage match, you or reince priebus? >> oh, no question i would clean his clock....
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i don't think that harry reid should shut down the government. the house of representatives did something significant, which is they passed a bill to make clear that regardless of what happens the men and women of our military -- they should be paid. that passed unanimously in the house. and listen, right now, harry reid and president obama had been essentially holding the military hostage, threatening their paychecks over this potential shutdown. they might force. i think regardless of what happened we should pass the bill. we should not have a shutdown, which means harry reid has to move off his absolutist position. you have been multiple compromises from the republicans, and can you tell me what the democrats have done to compromise -- >> but what has he done -- as i outlined before, you have lost ground from even the summer on the position of getting people to vote with you. you lost ground from that position and you haven't persuaded one democrat. you have got to be democrats if you're going to overturn this thing. >> well, actually, joe man
i don't think that harry reid should shut down the government. the house of representatives did something significant, which is they passed a bill to make clear that regardless of what happens the men and women of our military -- they should be paid. that passed unanimously in the house. and listen, right now, harry reid and president obama had been essentially holding the military hostage, threatening their paychecks over this potential shutdown. they might force. i think regardless of what...
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harry reid refused to bring it up. president owes congress a report because medicare is spending out of the general fund 45% what it is paid for benefits. that required by law and 15 days after he submits a budget he has to submit a report to fix it. four years he hasn't done that. we should be demanding of this president to follow lawsuit on. >> neil: you voted for this cliff deal in the senate. do you think you will be held to pay for that? >> in the end my evaluation. >> neil: are people saying there might be a party challenge to you? >> obviously, there are conservatives not happy with me. >> neil: are they saying you disappointed them? >> i say i was voting to protect 99% of americans to get their income taxes increased and i denied $4 trillion that was going to be misspent to increase spending, increase the size of government to increase government's control over our lives. i think the cause of the problem is the size of government. it's not the perfect way of limiting the size of government. i didn't want to see
harry reid refused to bring it up. president owes congress a report because medicare is spending out of the general fund 45% what it is paid for benefits. that required by law and 15 days after he submits a budget he has to submit a report to fix it. four years he hasn't done that. we should be demanding of this president to follow lawsuit on. >> neil: you voted for this cliff deal in the senate. do you think you will be held to pay for that? >> in the end my evaluation. >>...
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>> i had a chance to ask harry reid about this at a news conference a couple of weeks ago, and senator reid is giving no indication whatsoever that he is going to take the gavel away, and while senator menendez is right about some of the allegations, some of the others that popped up in the conservative news site, the daily caller, there's been no evidence to corroborate those accusations. the fact that senator menendez cut a $58,000 check to pay for some -- >> times calling for a democrat to remove a democrat from a committee is fairly noteworthy. >> say new jersey doesn't necessarily have the best track record when it comes to ethics and government and what "the new york times" has seen is people who live in new jersey, which is they're sort of a drip drip drip with the new jersey politician that starts off looking like one thing and turns into a bigger story that obviously was the case with bob toresellly former senator that ended up resigning and what he got from a big, big donor of his. this is where the question is, can the ethics committee dig into the relationship between this
>> i had a chance to ask harry reid about this at a news conference a couple of weeks ago, and senator reid is giving no indication whatsoever that he is going to take the gavel away, and while senator menendez is right about some of the allegations, some of the others that popped up in the conservative news site, the daily caller, there's been no evidence to corroborate those accusations. the fact that senator menendez cut a $58,000 check to pay for some -- >> times calling for a...
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but that doesn't excuse harry reid. i can't let harry reid off of the hook. this is the best chance that we have had in the last 10 years to get an assault -- to get the assault weapons ban which, remember, was in place for 10 years, julie anne? >> we can't get them out of government until 2014 >> bill: but harry reid could do it today. at least have a vote on it and make these people vote. >> that's what we are talking about here. i maybeean maybe it doesn't get through the house. get it through the senate. at least bring it up to a vote on the floor of the senate. >> that's -- that's the issue. the issue is: itthere will not even be a vote because of harry reid. what kind of leadership is that? none. zero. zero. chris, one final point, chris, i will get right to you. but, you know, the people who want to vote no, they are -- they love harry reid. right? those spineless senators love harry reid because now, they won't have to vote. >> that's the point. they won't have to explain to their constituents why they voted against the kids at new town. >> that's a b
but that doesn't excuse harry reid. i can't let harry reid off of the hook. this is the best chance that we have had in the last 10 years to get an assault -- to get the assault weapons ban which, remember, was in place for 10 years, julie anne? >> we can't get them out of government until 2014 >> bill: but harry reid could do it today. at least have a vote on it and make these people vote. >> that's what we are talking about here. i maybeean maybe it doesn't get through the...
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just last week senator harry reid said that budget cuts would prevent researchers from finding a cure for cancer. and even aids, but now, a new report suggests we could be on the verge of a cure for hiv. we bring you the headline and the full story coming up at the stop top of this hour. the 7 early movers, j.c. penney has a commitment for 1 3/4 billion dollar loan arranged by goldman sachs, and up 17.47, another 2% up on j.c. penney. did you buy name brand or generic drugs at the pharmacy. valeant up in talks. and activas. and hotels, higher profits at the industrial products maker eton, sales disappointment and up 2 bucks on eaton. and penske auto group runs car dealerships, 30 bucks on penske. and j.c. penney names matt zames, as the former leaves and he's going to run first data corporation. the dow is up 20 points. we showed you this at the top of the hour, a flyer produced by the u.s. government that advertises stood stamps for illegal immigrants. how do you feel about that? eric bolling is here next. clients are always learning more to make their money do more. (a) to help me p
just last week senator harry reid said that budget cuts would prevent researchers from finding a cure for cancer. and even aids, but now, a new report suggests we could be on the verge of a cure for hiv. we bring you the headline and the full story coming up at the stop top of this hour. the 7 early movers, j.c. penney has a commitment for 1 3/4 billion dollar loan arranged by goldman sachs, and up 17.47, another 2% up on j.c. penney. did you buy name brand or generic drugs at the pharmacy....
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now the signers of this letter were harry reid, dick durbin, chuck schumer and patty murray. speaker boehner said "senate democrats cannot ignore their responsibilities for political convenience. and the american people will not tolerate an increase in the debt limit without spending cuts and reforms." larry, let me tell you what i think is going on here. i think these democrats are trying to send a signal both to the white house but also to republicans involved in this debate that they would like to see or be comfortable with the president going with what they call the constitutional option, which is challenging the debt ceiling itself on constitutional grounds based on the 14th amendment to the constitution which says that the debt of the united states shall be respected. so their argument would be in that case that it is simply unconstitutional to have a debt ceiling at all. and they say that congress -- the president rather would be able to do that without invoking congress or meeting congress in any way. >> section 4, 14th amendment, validity of the public debt of the un
now the signers of this letter were harry reid, dick durbin, chuck schumer and patty murray. speaker boehner said "senate democrats cannot ignore their responsibilities for political convenience. and the american people will not tolerate an increase in the debt limit without spending cuts and reforms." larry, let me tell you what i think is going on here. i think these democrats are trying to send a signal both to the white house but also to republicans involved in this debate that...
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e -- will it john boehner and harry reid seem to be on their talking points, but what does this mean for 2014? >> it will pass the senate. it will go in one of two directions. congress may say this is as good as we can do, we have done the bare-bones. or we take this very going forward and we try to work on things like immigration. the harder stuff is still left to be done. >> that is for sure. what do you think happened behind the scenes that enable 332 congressmen to come together? we have not seen that kind of coming together in a long time. >> other than post office, you do not see that sort of thing. the shutdown was terrible for everybody. the republicans hate a price. the american people cannot be more angry about that. they felt that they had to do the bare minimum and do no harm. if you talk to business people today, they are happy that there is some certainty. >> and you have the long-term unemployment benefits that were not resolved. >> they got cut, right? >> aside from the pain that that will cause families, all of that money goes right back into the economy. from a macr
e -- will it john boehner and harry reid seem to be on their talking points, but what does this mean for 2014? >> it will pass the senate. it will go in one of two directions. congress may say this is as good as we can do, we have done the bare-bones. or we take this very going forward and we try to work on things like immigration. the harder stuff is still left to be done. >> that is for sure. what do you think happened behind the scenes that enable 332 congressmen to come...
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the deal that we struck on the filibuster, we saw that harry reid and mitch mcconnell struck, is based in part, it expedites some nominations if they come from rogue individual senators or a handful, but it's based in part on a kind of gentleman's agreement that you're not going to misuse the filibuster in nominations in the same way. and if you see a filibuster of hagel in this case where there is a clear majority and more for his confirmation, and you know, think about this, we've got a sequester coming up, which could cause enormous potential damage to national security, you're going to keep the defense secretary from being in place to help to administer that. we've got a war going on. i think you'd have to, if you were in harry reid's shoes, begin to rethink what you're going to do with the rules. >> as an institutional scholar such as yourself, hearing that come from you carries a lot of weight. norm ornstein, resident scholar at the american enterprise institute, co-author of "it's even worse than it looks." thank you for being with us tonight. it's great to have your perspective
the deal that we struck on the filibuster, we saw that harry reid and mitch mcconnell struck, is based in part, it expedites some nominations if they come from rogue individual senators or a handful, but it's based in part on a kind of gentleman's agreement that you're not going to misuse the filibuster in nominations in the same way. and if you see a filibuster of hagel in this case where there is a clear majority and more for his confirmation, and you know, think about this, we've got a...
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again, it's until friday where harry reid has another set of things he can do. >> michael: so harry reid could actually end this if he chooses to end it? >> yeah, harry reid can end it if he gets the 60 votes, but a number of republicans were enjoying the whole spectacle, so they wanted to extract certain promises from heir on other issues, so they said according to senate rules this has to ripen, and it's not until friday when you can have the straight up or down vote. >> michael: senate rules are unbelievable. so rand rakd said if the president or the attorney general will clarify if they will not kill americans on american soil, i will yield. is it strange that i agree a little bit with what he is saying? >> i think's a certain point there. if eric holder is willing to go there, what is keeping the justice department from saying look, we have an ironclad promise that we will give you that we will never use drones to kill americans on american soil who are not posing imminent threat. the problem there are agencies that say, no there are circumstances when the government could possibly
again, it's until friday where harry reid has another set of things he can do. >> michael: so harry reid could actually end this if he chooses to end it? >> yeah, harry reid can end it if he gets the 60 votes, but a number of republicans were enjoying the whole spectacle, so they wanted to extract certain promises from heir on other issues, so they said according to senate rules this has to ripen, and it's not until friday when you can have the straight up or down vote. >>...
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and if democrats want, the debt ceiling raise, they should have harry reid produce a budget. >> i don't mean to cut you off. but senator sessions is coming on this show later on. one last one. the boehner rule, you want to raise the borrowing rule i think it is sound fiscally and plitly. >> one to one seems equal right? >> but seems like this deal $41 in tax hikes per $1 in spending cuts with middle class taxes going up, i doubt that we are going to get that either. this president has made clear he not only wants the debt ceiling raised. let's not forget, he wanted the debt ceiling eliminated. that is the kind of negotiating that he is putting forward even though he said he is going to have to negotiate. that is what he said for a long time. if the gop plays his cards right and sticks to the spending see kwaester, i think that will put obama back think the defense. stick around. we have much more cooking for you. but look, i shothought obamacar was supposed to keep costs down. we are going to tell you why. later on, team obama going all out an gun control. i'm glad they are meeting with
and if democrats want, the debt ceiling raise, they should have harry reid produce a budget. >> i don't mean to cut you off. but senator sessions is coming on this show later on. one last one. the boehner rule, you want to raise the borrowing rule i think it is sound fiscally and plitly. >> one to one seems equal right? >> but seems like this deal $41 in tax hikes per $1 in spending cuts with middle class taxes going up, i doubt that we are going to get that either. this...
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to be responsible so although harry reid. you know he said in his speech when he announced this so-called deal that the world was watching washington this weekend that's for sure i don't know if a lot of critics would agree that they see now that washington is responsible i think that that is going to be debated over the next couple of months you have countries like china who have already announced they're going to be looking at a new way to do business with the united states and it's not going to be the dollar that they are going to try to. to allow themselves to fall back on so this whether or not they have a deal or not things have changed certainly the world has been watching and i don't know if like i said a lot of world leaders trade partners financial experts would agree. that the rest of the world that this is proof i should say that the united states is responsible . to do we get back to it. as the coming through and we should get a little people to talk to through the course of the. well talk which is all through th
to be responsible so although harry reid. you know he said in his speech when he announced this so-called deal that the world was watching washington this weekend that's for sure i don't know if a lot of critics would agree that they see now that washington is responsible i think that that is going to be debated over the next couple of months you have countries like china who have already announced they're going to be looking at a new way to do business with the united states and it's not going...
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i would hope that senator harry reid would bring lettingation to the floor of the senate. i hope speaker boehner will allow some of these measures to come to the floor. in the past he has said he would only bring things to the floor that had a majority of his majority. but just recently, we did see speaker boehner bring the fiscal cliff measure to the floor that didn't have the joerts of his republican support. he also brought the sandy relief aid bill to the floor that didn't have the majority of the republicans, but it did have bipartisan majority support, both on the fiscal cliff issue and the sandy issue. so if the speaker brings some of these gun measures to the president, including the background checks, perhaps even the issue of dealing with these high capacity magazines that hold 30 to 100 rounds of ammunition in them are tools of war and have no more business than they have on midwestern streets. >> we get to invite someone to the state of the union, to invite a victim of gun violence. do you think it is these kinds of personal stories and personal connections tha
i would hope that senator harry reid would bring lettingation to the floor of the senate. i hope speaker boehner will allow some of these measures to come to the floor. in the past he has said he would only bring things to the floor that had a majority of his majority. but just recently, we did see speaker boehner bring the fiscal cliff measure to the floor that didn't have the joerts of his republican support. he also brought the sandy relief aid bill to the floor that didn't have the majority...
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and then there is harry reid. he has a simple solution to fix obamacare, all we have to do is spend more money. here is the senator talking on the radio show in vegas. >> and said millions we implement this property it's going to be a train wreck and i agree with him. >> we're not spending enough money and not implementing it properly in your opinion? >> yes. stuart: you heard the senator, want to avoid an obamacare train wreck, just spend more money. implementation of obamacare is immune from sequester cuts so go one step further, says the senator, spend more money, more on that coming up. bounceback on the markets, yes, not all the way back, but a solid gain when trading. thanks to ben, you may ask? don't forget facebook, it may not be cool anymore, but it's profitable. a nice gain. watch it live here. ♪ [ male announcer ] from the way the bristles move to the way they clean, once you try an oral-b deep sweep power brush, you'll never go back to a regular manual brush. its three cleaning zones with dynamic pow
and then there is harry reid. he has a simple solution to fix obamacare, all we have to do is spend more money. here is the senator talking on the radio show in vegas. >> and said millions we implement this property it's going to be a train wreck and i agree with him. >> we're not spending enough money and not implementing it properly in your opinion? >> yes. stuart: you heard the senator, want to avoid an obamacare train wreck, just spend more money. implementation of...
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speaker boehner was upset at harry reid because harry reid made some very intemperate and over the top kind of ridiculous remarks about the speaker as a dictatorship which, of course, is silly when you consider the speaker couldn't even get his own plan "b" cleared on the floor of the house of representatives because of republican opposition, but that's the kind of tension that arises when you've got polarized parties and one party especially in the grip of a faction that is very conservative, doesn't go by the normal political rules of what compromise is about and what the government ought to spend money for. >> i mean, the story, is harry read, as we all know, referred to john boehner as a dictator on the floor that day, and we're hearing that john boehner dropped an f-bomb on harry reid outside the oval office. >> that's not routine. >> that's not routine. >> oh, it's -- it's more routine than you think. we all remember when dick cheney, the vice president, ran into pat leahy, the veteran senator who is now the senator -- senate pro tempor, the dean of the senate from vermont, ran i
speaker boehner was upset at harry reid because harry reid made some very intemperate and over the top kind of ridiculous remarks about the speaker as a dictatorship which, of course, is silly when you consider the speaker couldn't even get his own plan "b" cleared on the floor of the house of representatives because of republican opposition, but that's the kind of tension that arises when you've got polarized parties and one party especially in the grip of a faction that is very...
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harry reid said he spoke with mitch mcconnell. about one dozen senate democrats or republicans are still trying to hold onto a proposal from susan collins to try to hold off on this proposal. it does require new obamacare anti-fraud verification measures. it would also jumpstart the budget negotiations with a deadline of january 15. this group of 12 includes democrats of west virginia. the mac when they come from different backgrounds, we are considering our friends are. where our colleagues would be. also, the good of the country. this is a good template. i think that it is the basis of what is going to happen. >> harry reid has reject did this. the issue is it keeps the discretionary cuts going for too long. republican senators said this morning, it will not fly with them. take a listen. >> i do think that senate democratic leaders have realized that there is no way senate republicans will agree to that. i think they are now back into a place that may lead us to a conclusion of this in the senate anyway. peter: a spokesperson fo
harry reid said he spoke with mitch mcconnell. about one dozen senate democrats or republicans are still trying to hold onto a proposal from susan collins to try to hold off on this proposal. it does require new obamacare anti-fraud verification measures. it would also jumpstart the budget negotiations with a deadline of january 15. this group of 12 includes democrats of west virginia. the mac when they come from different backgrounds, we are considering our friends are. where our colleagues...
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harry reid has guts. he's basically saying it's better to get something done rather than pretend to be majority leader. he wants to be the leader. >> i agree. they also voted today -- >> unlike boehner. >> yeah. i think they voted today to let barack obama. be president finally five years after he was elected. he's been elected twice. and he's been treated like no other president and he's been ham strung like no other president. so i've given harry reid a hard time over the years. but i have to say he has not necessarily securely had the votes until now. and you've had democrats like diane feinstein or baucus or boxer say they were worried about this step. they wanted to protect the rules and the way things worked. but even they have been driven over the edge by that litany of obstruction that you opened this segment with. i mean, really -- chuck grassley and mitch mcconnell, they went too far. by saying that simply appointing judges to the d.c. circuit was, quote, court packing. they forced the hand of t
harry reid has guts. he's basically saying it's better to get something done rather than pretend to be majority leader. he wants to be the leader. >> i agree. they also voted today -- >> unlike boehner. >> yeah. i think they voted today to let barack obama. be president finally five years after he was elected. he's been elected twice. and he's been treated like no other president and he's been ham strung like no other president. so i've given harry reid a hard time over the...
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the senate majority leader harry reid just weighed in on this as well, it's my understanding. what did he say? >> senator reid says he has spoken with the chairman of the finances committee, max bachus, and they have spoken about the need to hold hearings soon and figure out what could be done. the majority leader reid threw ther is under the bus. >> what the irs did is inexcusable. but this is not the first time we have seen this. wasn't long ago that the irs inappropriately targeted naacp, green peace, and california church who was progressive. >> so, reid making note this has cut both ways. the irs has overreached in both directions and he notes we're waiting for the independent report from the treasury inspector general. >> shepard: the top republican in the senate has called nor the president to get involved here, right? >> that's right. mitch mcconnell says his concern is there's something much broader here that the administration is trying to quiet the voices of its critics. then he called on president obama today to present people who know -- have knowledge about this
the senate majority leader harry reid just weighed in on this as well, it's my understanding. what did he say? >> senator reid says he has spoken with the chairman of the finances committee, max bachus, and they have spoken about the need to hold hearings soon and figure out what could be done. the majority leader reid threw ther is under the bus. >> what the irs did is inexcusable. but this is not the first time we have seen this. wasn't long ago that the irs inappropriately...
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harry reid ended up having to vote no. that way, by voting know he has the right to bring this back up for another vote when they come back from president's day weekend, which he will, and hopefully by that time, some republicans, one more republican, will have come to his or her senses. at any rate, it was the 55 democrats, 55 democrats and independents and four republicans came up to 59. harry reid voting no. that made it 58. so chuck hagle was not confirmed. and leon panetta is out. so we have no secretary of defense for the next 10 days and in the middle of at war. harry reid pointed out yesterday, this was his first. >> first time in the history of our country, if secretary of defense had been filibustered successfully >> bill: there is no doubt who is to blame. mitch mcconnell didn't do anything to stop it. >> to. >> just when you thought things couldn't get worse, it gets worse. >> bill: shocking, said the majority leader. >> shocking that my republican colleagues would leave the nation without a fully empowered sec
harry reid ended up having to vote no. that way, by voting know he has the right to bring this back up for another vote when they come back from president's day weekend, which he will, and hopefully by that time, some republicans, one more republican, will have come to his or her senses. at any rate, it was the 55 democrats, 55 democrats and independents and four republicans came up to 59. harry reid voting no. that made it 58. so chuck hagle was not confirmed. and leon panetta is out. so we...
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harry reid and mitch mcconnell met on monday. they say they are closing in on an agreement to prevent the nation's first ever default come thursday's debt ceiling deadline. >> i'm very optimistic that we will reach an agreement that is reasonable in nature this week to reopen the government, pay the nation's bills and begin long term negotiation to put our country on sound fiscal footing. >> i share his optimism that we are going to get a resultt that will be acceptable to both sides. >> despite what is billed at tremendous progress they are not there yet and the nation is not happy about it. a new abc news washington post poll finds 74% of americans disapprove of the way republicans are handling the crisis. 61% of americans disapprove of democrats in congress. that is up five percent from two weeks ago. tracie potts is live with the latest. are things looking good for a deal in the next 48 hours? >> reporter: it is possible and maybe even probable now that a small working group seems to come up with a deal that will get people b
harry reid and mitch mcconnell met on monday. they say they are closing in on an agreement to prevent the nation's first ever default come thursday's debt ceiling deadline. >> i'm very optimistic that we will reach an agreement that is reasonable in nature this week to reopen the government, pay the nation's bills and begin long term negotiation to put our country on sound fiscal footing. >> i share his optimism that we are going to get a resultt that will be acceptable to both...
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you can't tell me that harry reid didn't have a reason to do this. i am worried about what happens when the republicans do get back the white house and the senate. as a matter of fact, i think even further, and i betcha take away the filibuster foreeverything out it was absolutely necessary here. the government could not go forward with the -- >> here's the thing. let me tell you the reason. the reasons, it's the second, the d.c. circuit, which is the judges that the -- the president obama was trying to put on the d.c. circuit, are the ones who decide his regulations, and his promulgations and all that stuff. thach that why it was important. >> why couldn't he appoint those judges? >> i don't know why he couldn't apoint the judges. >> there you go. >> this is nothing new. federal judgments and appointments have been opposed by opposing parties from the beginning of time. >> and the d.c. circuit gets the least amount of case work. it's not like it's the 9th or 7th circuit court. little case work oos a whole as a d.c. court. >> shouldn't have been obje
you can't tell me that harry reid didn't have a reason to do this. i am worried about what happens when the republicans do get back the white house and the senate. as a matter of fact, i think even further, and i betcha take away the filibuster foreeverything out it was absolutely necessary here. the government could not go forward with the -- >> here's the thing. let me tell you the reason. the reasons, it's the second, the d.c. circuit, which is the judges that the -- the president...
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so i don't think that harry reid has any choice. there's a lot of dynamics between the two caucuses now, but harry reid certainly has a right to be saying to mitch mcconnell, if you want to break the system like this then we are going to have to try to repair it somehow. >> bill: you were there a long time, was the tradition that whether the president was a republican or democrat, the president should be able to name the people -- if he wins the election, right? name the people he wants to run his agencies. >> generally seeking -- >> bill: unless there was some problem. >> there were some odd-liars, but generally speaking they would confirm the president's choice, but that's no longer the case. the senate is not working. it is broken. and it's broken on virtually everything but nominations. you need people in key positions to run the government and when they decide we are not going to move these nominations, they break the system. >> bill: tell us about the book. >> this is about a virus created by the russians stolen by the iranian
so i don't think that harry reid has any choice. there's a lot of dynamics between the two caucuses now, but harry reid certainly has a right to be saying to mitch mcconnell, if you want to break the system like this then we are going to have to try to repair it somehow. >> bill: you were there a long time, was the tradition that whether the president was a republican or democrat, the president should be able to name the people -- if he wins the election, right? name the people he wants...
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. >> senate majority leader harry reid asked the public broadcasting system was if the f ultimate goal was to move to a single payer sis ste. he responded according to forbes, magazine, yes, yes, absolutely yes. if they tried to move obamacare to a single payer system, what would your response be?>> >> i think it is amazing sometimes when politicians are forthright. he hasow admitted now that thath is their goal. people have to think about it. the goal of single payer may mean everybody gets medicaid. if you are excited about going on medicaid you need to voteid a with harry reid and with the president. thi i think it is a bad idea.85% 85% of us had health insurance. t we should haveri tried to fix te the system for the 15% who didn't instead of destroying it for everyone in the countryt who actually had good health insurance. the president did nothing about prices rising.es he has made insurance more mor expensive because of his mandates and making thehe insurance cover more items. you issued a statement after the carnage of wednesdaywe calling on the president to end foreign assistan
. >> senate majority leader harry reid asked the public broadcasting system was if the f ultimate goal was to move to a single payer sis ste. he responded according to forbes, magazine, yes, yes, absolutely yes. if they tried to move obamacare to a single payer system, what would your response be?>> >> i think it is amazing sometimes when politicians are forthright. he hasow admitted now that thath is their goal. people have to think about it. the goal of single payer may mean...
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reid to carry on the tactics, and harry reid has drawn a very hard line. democrats think they have the advantage here. they think if they can keep pressuring john boehner to do something, to allow a vote on the house floor, then he is ultimately going to crack. and while as i say it appeared that way in the initial stages, now there appears to be a hardening on the part of the republicans. we'll see how it goes stephanie. >> mike, thank you. >>> randall pinkston looks at the people behind the rhetoric and the numbers. >> reporter: the shoutdown is expected to furlough 800,000 federal workers across the nation including tax collectors and food inspectors. >> i don't understand why the activity of the government should be stopped because of concerns about one aspect of legislation. >> reporter: the nation's capitol is being hit hard by the shutdown because tourism here is big business. visitors spend $6 billion a year generating more than 70,000 jobs. from national parks to national museums here in the district it was the same story, doors shut, tourists dis
reid to carry on the tactics, and harry reid has drawn a very hard line. democrats think they have the advantage here. they think if they can keep pressuring john boehner to do something, to allow a vote on the house floor, then he is ultimately going to crack. and while as i say it appeared that way in the initial stages, now there appears to be a hardening on the part of the republicans. we'll see how it goes stephanie. >> mike, thank you. >>> randall pinkston looks at the...
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we begin the show with the senate majority leader harry reid. thank you for being with us. you got an agreement. you do not need another all- night session. does this mark the end of this war that has transpired?
we begin the show with the senate majority leader harry reid. thank you for being with us. you got an agreement. you do not need another all- night session. does this mark the end of this war that has transpired?
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presidency with a rule created by harry reid. watery getting in america? 16 trillion in debt and unfunded liabilities over the next 75 years. and for the students, $823,000 of debt. how do we pale that off. >> and did you really gets the bush tax cuts? >> yes. >> a lot of people railed against bush and also against obamacare that is how they got the majority in the 2010 election. >> it's the economy. liz: david and gains. david: cheryl casone, good to have you here. thank you so much. melissa: i am melissa francis and here's what is "money" tonight. it could be the next california. how close is the breaking point and can the taxman save it? the power panel breaks it down. plus, he's in what is going on in salt lake city lately? a group of doctors declared a health emergency warning premature birth and miscarriag miscarriages. the group's leader joins us with the diagnosis. and unusual hand drawn top nba recruits three high-stakes poker tournament. not sure they make great executives. the man behind the plan joins us exclusively t
presidency with a rule created by harry reid. watery getting in america? 16 trillion in debt and unfunded liabilities over the next 75 years. and for the students, $823,000 of debt. how do we pale that off. >> and did you really gets the bush tax cuts? >> yes. >> a lot of people railed against bush and also against obamacare that is how they got the majority in the 2010 election. >> it's the economy. liz: david and gains. david: cheryl casone, good to have you here....
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but if harry reid wants to drop the big one, go ahead, harry. i think the judge is absolutely right. they will roux the day. one day going to be in office and they are going to use. this as you said, this is a a classic study in hypocrisy because all the arguments were made about seven, eight years ago in the senate and the players are reversed. the jerseys are of a different color. it's the same argument. i could live with it either way. i think as marah says, this is not all out nuclear war. tactical nuclear war only because it only applies to presidential -- i think it's kind of reasonable. but one day when the republicans use it on the democrats and they reverse all of their arguments, it will be remembered who did it and i think they have no one to blame except themselves. >> bret: but do you agree, judge, what marah said in the fifth year in the second term the president should be able to get the people he wants in the positions he wants and the people can vote at the end of that term whether it worked or didn't work? >> i do agree. but i
but if harry reid wants to drop the big one, go ahead, harry. i think the judge is absolutely right. they will roux the day. one day going to be in office and they are going to use. this as you said, this is a a classic study in hypocrisy because all the arguments were made about seven, eight years ago in the senate and the players are reversed. the jerseys are of a different color. it's the same argument. i could live with it either way. i think as marah says, this is not all out nuclear war....
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harry ride could bring this -- harry reid could bring this up and could have been working on it from day one, they have done the dog and pony show, with political theater of joint chiefs coming and everyone saying oh, this is terrible, this is terrible, and then they go on vacation, bottom line, they have been elected to do a job, and solve the problems, what do they do? they go on vacation. they should have immediately been brought back. with all of the stuff going on with north africa, and syria and afghanistan, and other hot areas, what are they focused on? who are they going do layoff? how are they going to be laid off? when about contractual obligations, and union obligations, is it payback after in terms of us paying fines. neil: who came up with it? you were there. the president said, it was really a republican creation, and republicans say it was the president's creation. i remember covering it at the time. i was not in the seams of it, as you were, but it was like for both sides a back up backbone. like if we can't agree, maybe these cuts held in reserve will be there to mak
harry ride could bring this -- harry reid could bring this up and could have been working on it from day one, they have done the dog and pony show, with political theater of joint chiefs coming and everyone saying oh, this is terrible, this is terrible, and then they go on vacation, bottom line, they have been elected to do a job, and solve the problems, what do they do? they go on vacation. they should have immediately been brought back. with all of the stuff going on with north africa, and...
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there was great unity and they called the president's and harry reids bluff. they agreed with speaker gingrich when he said don't move the debt ceiling. sequester is the key. >> sequester is the key. it what his boss and president obama do not want. it would trim 1.2 trillion dollars, most of which would come out of social programs. however, if you were going to annihilate the republicans, would you choose to split the gop? in other words, i'm interested in the mechanics of this annihilation scenario. let me begin with immigration. the republican party is split on immigration. i'm glad they're split on immigration. at least now there are new sensible voices. i tend to be a little more enlightened on this. is immigration where obama go to split the gop? >> if you want me to be honest -- >> be totally honest. >> you want annihilation. can you say that on this show. >> thank you. i think kelly ann might be able to back me up on this. i think the annihilation of the republican party is happening by elements of the republican party. you talked about the split you h
there was great unity and they called the president's and harry reids bluff. they agreed with speaker gingrich when he said don't move the debt ceiling. sequester is the key. >> sequester is the key. it what his boss and president obama do not want. it would trim 1.2 trillion dollars, most of which would come out of social programs. however, if you were going to annihilate the republicans, would you choose to split the gop? in other words, i'm interested in the mechanics of this...
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harry reid was against it before he was for it. president obama was against it before he was for it. in the end, what's happening is what happened in the country at large. i was looking at the data, 80 senators from 25 years ago were from swing states. the problem in washington, d.c., you can't have the same rules today as you did before. you can't have the same rules in chess as you have in mixed martial arts. that's the situation we're in. >> it's reflecting the situation that we in the country. bill kristol, i wonder if it's going to intensify the polarization we have already seen and essentially start to move us toward parliamentary government. when a party is in charge, they're going to get their way. >> i think so. i think we're being too nice here. harry reid agreed with mitch mcconnell that this would not happen in this session. so, he's simply breaking his word because republicans were not confirming every judge as quickly as the administration liked. and were holding up some branch appointees. >> a lot of them. >> 168 fil
harry reid was against it before he was for it. president obama was against it before he was for it. in the end, what's happening is what happened in the country at large. i was looking at the data, 80 senators from 25 years ago were from swing states. the problem in washington, d.c., you can't have the same rules today as you did before. you can't have the same rules in chess as you have in mixed martial arts. that's the situation we're in. >> it's reflecting the situation that we in the...
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the reason why the democrats have control of the senate is that harry reid has said democratic senators in the witness protection program with ever -- whenever budget issues come up. twenty democrats are up for election in 2014. half of them should not be coming back of the continue to vote with obama on tax and spend crazy debt policies which is what they have been doing. i think it is very important for the american people to see what the senate has not done and to force them to act but that. gerri: you sure can't act -- argue with that. the senate has not passed a budget and 1,361 days. let me get a comment. it would stop pay to members of congress if they don't do some of these things, if they don't get a budget resolution. you in favor of that? >> i think it's a good idea for two reasons. senators have not been doing democratic leaders have not been doing their job for a long time. they should not get paid. if they're not willing to do it, the senate should vote them out of positions. also, it gives the attention of average americans who don't know if they have been watching the es
the reason why the democrats have control of the senate is that harry reid has said democratic senators in the witness protection program with ever -- whenever budget issues come up. twenty democrats are up for election in 2014. half of them should not be coming back of the continue to vote with obama on tax and spend crazy debt policies which is what they have been doing. i think it is very important for the american people to see what the senate has not done and to force them to act but that....
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somehow senator majority leader harry reid taken it to a new low level. a shameful display on the floor of the u.s. senate when the top democrat on capitol hill took it upon himself to imply the tragic accident that took the lives of seven marines in nevada on monday happened because of the sequester. if case you missed senator reid's incredibly insensitive, stupid, idiotic state. well, here it is. >> mr. president, late last night seven of our marines were called in hawthorne and many others were injured in that explosion during a training exercise here the ammunition depot. it's important we keep training our military. but one of the things of the sequester is we cut back in training and maintenance that's the way the sequester was written, it's just not appropriate, mr. president that our military can't train and do the maintenance necessary. these men and women, our marines were tra hawthorne and with the sequester, it's going to cut the stuff back. >> sean: all right. almost immediately following reid's ridiculous comments reaction began to pour in,
somehow senator majority leader harry reid taken it to a new low level. a shameful display on the floor of the u.s. senate when the top democrat on capitol hill took it upon himself to imply the tragic accident that took the lives of seven marines in nevada on monday happened because of the sequester. if case you missed senator reid's incredibly insensitive, stupid, idiotic state. well, here it is. >> mr. president, late last night seven of our marines were called in hawthorne and many...
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reid am but harry reid has raised the question, we're not talking about judges. because that was the big fight with gorge w bush. was judges. judges have lifetime appointments. we're talking about executive appointments, people who serve with the president. and what, they use it frankly for is to just disable an agency or a law. i mean forbes, a federal election commission is now, is new because they won't confirm people. the national labor relations board whether workers can organize, that has been disabled as well. so i think there is enough hypocrisy to go around. but i think it is a legitimate fight. >> because the people aren't there to run the agency, to carry out the law. >> in other words, and especially the consumer protection agency, where richard is still waiting for confirmation. >> this is like an old political philosophy principles that if there is not external self-control-- internal self-control there will be external self-control. but the members had a code of ethics that they weren't going to abusement and now the code has gone away so they just
reid am but harry reid has raised the question, we're not talking about judges. because that was the big fight with gorge w bush. was judges. judges have lifetime appointments. we're talking about executive appointments, people who serve with the president. and what, they use it frankly for is to just disable an agency or a law. i mean forbes, a federal election commission is now, is new because they won't confirm people. the national labor relations board whether workers can organize, that has...
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i mean harry reid makes these kind of wild claims all the time. i think it was probably a case harry reid was speculating and running his mouth off and making claims that couldn't be substantiated. bill: i think the bigger point, steve, is this. when you're an american citizen and file your taxes with the irs they're the great unknown. >> right. bill: they have all kinds of control and power over you. the president referenced that directly last night in the statement he made 6:30 last evening. >> right. if we think that they have a great power now which certainly they do, they will have even more power of course after the implementation of obamacare when they become really one of the chief enforcement mechanisms for obamacare and all of the regulations that we're about to see. i think this is one of the reasons that this is so troubling for the white house politically is because they're putting so much faith in the irs. we had the president at ohio state just two weeks ago talking about the need to restore faith in government. they're putting fait
i mean harry reid makes these kind of wild claims all the time. i think it was probably a case harry reid was speculating and running his mouth off and making claims that couldn't be substantiated. bill: i think the bigger point, steve, is this. when you're an american citizen and file your taxes with the irs they're the great unknown. >> right. bill: they have all kinds of control and power over you. the president referenced that directly last night in the statement he made 6:30 last...
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but after meeting wit the presidt hself, senate jority leader harry reid said no negotiations on the budget would ta place before the hoe passed a clean gernment funding bill. walltreet ignoring their rhetoric o the w tohe biggest one day point gain. they presentedhe debt ceiling deal to the predent just moments ago wrapping up their meeting. correspondt ed henry on the scene with the report. >> reporr: for the first time in this standoff, finally some glimmers progress. senate democrats met for an hour-and-a-half the president obama and the marist to sugge th are inching closer to deal with house republicans. >> we will again is clearly a closely as we can. >> reporr: a small group of house republican negotiators arrived with that's something for the president just hours after the sppaker of the house unveiled a proposaa to mixed reaction fm conservatives. the plan wod give t esident this 6-week extension ofhe debt ceiling that would push pential default back unti november 22nd read before thanksgiving. both parties wou b appointed to try and work out aroader budget package of the p
but after meeting wit the presidt hself, senate jority leader harry reid said no negotiations on the budget would ta place before the hoe passed a clean gernment funding bill. walltreet ignoring their rhetoric o the w tohe biggest one day point gain. they presentedhe debt ceiling deal to the predent just moments ago wrapping up their meeting. correspondt ed henry on the scene with the report. >> reporr: for the first time in this standoff, finally some glimmers progress. senate democrats...